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Consider: Some pens are erasers. Some erasers are sharpeners. Conclusions: I. Some pens are sharpeners.
II. Some sharpeners are erasers. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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  • ABoth conclusions I and II follow
  • BOnly conclusion I follows
  • CNeither conclusion I nor II follows
  • DOnly conclusion II follows

Step-by-Step Solution

'Some erasers are sharpeners' reverses to 'some sharpeners are erasers' (II). Two 'some' statements give no definite link between pens and sharpeners, so I does not follow.
Answer: D) Only conclusion II follows

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